savor

1. 1.

   the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

   Synonymsrelishflavorflavoursapiditysavoursmackniptang

   Broadertaste

   Narrowerlemonvanilla

Other forms of savor

plural

savors·

past tense

savorred·

present participle

savorring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about savor

What does savor mean?

savor means "derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in savor?

savor has 2 syllables: sa-vor. The stress falls on "sa". In IPA it is /ˈseɪvɚ/.

What is another word for savor?

Close synonyms include enjoy, bask, relish, savour, taste. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is savor a common word?

savor is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with savor?

2 words rhyme with savor. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.